The 2019–20 Scottish Junior Cup was the 134th season of the
Scottish Junior Cup
The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA). The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA on the 2nd October 1886 and, as of the 2023–24 ed ...
, the national
knockout tournament
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for member clubs of the
Scottish Junior Football Association
The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football Association and is the governing body for the junior grade of football (soccer), football in Scotland. The term "junior" refers to the ...
(SJFA). The competition was sponsored by
Macron
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in the second year of a three-year deal and was known as the Macron Scottish Junior Cup.
A total of 132 clubs entered the competition, which was three more than the previous season despite two teams leaving for the
East of Scotland League
The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) is a senior football league based in the east and south-east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–9 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
Fo ...
. This was due to the return of
Cruden Bay
Cruden Bay is a small village in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, north of Aberdeen.
Just west of Slains Castle, Cruden Bay is said to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II ...
and
Johnstone Burgh
Johnstone Burgh Football Club is a Scottish football (soccer), football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in .
History
The club was formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a ...
plus Bo'ness United Junior, Linlithgow Rose Community, Sauchie Juniors Community, and Syngenta joining the East Region.
Auchinleck Talbot were the defending champions.
On 13 March 2020, the competition was indefinitely suspended at the semi-final stage due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Almost a year later and with no further matches played in the tournament, the competition was officially cancelled on 5 March 2021.
Calendar
The dates for each round of the 2019–20 tournament is as follows:
Drawn matches are replayed and replays that end in a draw proceed direct to a
penalty shootout
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, there is no extra time. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs with the winner on aggregate progressing to the final. If the aggregate score is tied at the end of the second leg, the match will also proceed direct to a penalty shootout.
Girvan
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, who qualify automatically as historic full members of the
Scottish Football Association
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.
The first and second round draws took place at
Hampden Park
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,
Glasgow
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on 13 August 2019.
Matches
Second round
;Notes
Replays
Third round
Replays
Fourth round
Replays
Fifth round
Replay
Quarter-finals
Replay
Semi-finals
The semi-finals were originally scheduled to be held on 28 March and 4 April 2020. The draw made on 17 March 2020. However no further matches were played and the competition was cancelled on 5 March 2021.
First leg
Second leg
Final
The Scottish Junior Cup final was cancelled for the first time since the 1918 tournament.
Scottish Junior Cup
The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA). The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA on the 2nd October 1886 and, as of the 2023–24 ed ...